Currently in Salon

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  I'm thankful I'm not President Obama
  Backers deride Katrina-style negligence, haters hate him more each day. Can this presidency be saved? Of course
  Joan Walsh
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  Why reconciliation might not save the public option
  Liberals want Harry Reid to pass reform under a procedure that doesn't allow filibusters, but it's not so easy
  Alex Koppelman and Mike Madden
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  "The Princess and the Frog" is Disney royalty
  The studio's first African-American princess charms in one of the most sincere romantic comedies in ages
  By Mary Elizabeth Williams
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  The dinner of all dinners
  On Thanksgiving we gather among our kin who know us a little too well, and put civility to a true test
  By Garrison Keillor
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  Cinematic genius meets teen heartthrob
  A mighty cute Zac Efron plays the foil in Richard Linklater's affectionate ode to Orson Welles
  By Stephanie Zacharek
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  "Ninja Assassin": Sneaky but not subtle
  Decapitations! Slashed eyeballs! But the finest effect in this visceral gouge of a picture is Korean pop star Rain
  By Stephanie Zacharek
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  Last gasp for American foie gras?
  An environmental lawsuit threatens the U.S.'s biggest producer of a controversial delicacy
  By Thomas Rogers
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  The K Chronicles
  A lesson on a global phenomenon called "evolution"
  By Keith Knight
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  Why do we resist going to the doctor?
  I waited too long for my diagnosis: Whence such perversity? Childhood fears
  By Cary Tennis
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  What makes a culinary hero?
  Michel Bras was just another chef I was supposed to respect, until I realized why
  by Francis Lam